On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:05:51 -0700, "James \"Cubby\" Culbertson"
wrote:


wrote in message
roups.com...
Thanks to everyone for the good advice. Talked to the guy at Woodcraft
who taught me sharpening, and he recommended a LN 4 1/2 smoother. His
recommendation was based on what I told him I was working on...mostly
cherry wood, plenty of tables/bookcases/etc. He said any tearout can
be remedied with a card scraper. Went home with it. Time will tell if
it's the right one for my needs, but it sure is a joy to use.

Let us know how they work out for ya. I have never had much luck with
scrapers on Cherry

Cherry's not bad at all. Wild-grained Ash, that's a different story. Not
much problem with the scraper if I get there before a really big screw-up
with the hand plane

but then again, I still don't think I've
hit the "Zen" level with sharpening them.

I finally bought the Veritas scraper burnishing tool. That has made all
the difference in the world. Now, when I don't get a good hook I know it's
time to sharpen the scraper by filing it back and re-squaring the edges


Cheers,
cc



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